The number of the people who own cars ______since 1990.

A. is increased                                             B. are increased

C. have been increasing                              D. has been increasing

— Is he coming?

  — ______. He may not have time.

A. It depends it         B. That depends       C. It’s up to you        D. No way

 It took him a long time to ______ the skills he needed to become an artist.

A. acquire                  B. arrive                      C. return                    D. cover

There is no doubt ______ he did is good for us.

A. that what              B. what that              C. that                        D. what

Would it be ______ for you to pick me up at four o’clock and take me to the airport?

A. free                         B. useful                     C. handy                     D. convenient

When I opened the door I found my son completely ______ a game.

A. absorbing in         B. absorbed to                   C. absorbed in         D. absorbing to

 ______ it rains tomorrow, they’ll go out for an outing.

A. As if                        B. As though             C. Even if           D. Even so

Our car ______ on our way to school, so we had to walk there.

A. broke up                B. broke off                C. broke down          D. broke away

 Wang Ping found the new surroundings difficult ______.

A. to tolerate            B. to be tolerated    C. tolerating              D. being tolerated

 Only if you put ______ sun there did the movements of the other planets in ______ sky make sense.

A. the; 不填             B. the; the                C. 不填; the             D. a; the